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Frances Willard
an American educator and women's suffragist who's influence was instrumental in the passage of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. -
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Clarence Darrow
an American lawyer who defended high-profile clients in many famous trials of the early 20th century. -
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William Jennings Bryan
A former Nebraska congressman delieverd an impassioned address to the assembled delegates. It has become known as the "Cross of Gold" speech. -
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Henry Ford
an American captain of industry, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, and the sponsor of the development of the assembly line technique of mass production. -
Social Darwinism
The Idea that promoted inequality in wealth based on Charles Darwins' theory of evolution but transferred to social differences among humans. -
Tin Pan Alley
the name given to the collection of New York City music publishers and songwriters who dominated the popular music of the United States in the late 19th century and early 20th century. -
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Marcus Garvey
Black nationalism, who was a leader of a mass movement called Pan-Africanism and founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL). -
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Langston Hughes
an american poet who was one of the leading poet of the harlem renaissance who the rich culture of african american life using rhythms influenced by jazz music. -
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Charles A. Lindbergh
an american aviator, famous for flying solo across the atlantic, paving the way for the future aviational development -
The Great Migration
the movement of 6 million African-Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest, and West -
Warren G. Harding's "Return to Normalcy"
a return to the way of life before World War I, was United States presidential candidate Warren G. Harding's campaign slogan for the election of 1920. -
Harlem Renaissance
the development of the Harlem neighborhood in New York City as a black culture in the early 20th Century and the subsequent social and artistic explosion that resulted. -
Jazz Music
American music developed from ragtime and blues, and originating in New Orleans around the beginning of the 20th century and subsequently developing through various increasingly complex styles. -
1st Red Scare
period in US when there was a suspicion of communism and fear of widespread infiltration of communists in the US government -
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Prohibition
a nationwide constitutional ban on the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages -
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Tea Pot Dome Scandal
a government scandal involving a former United States Navy oil reserve in Wyoming that was secretly leased to a private oil company -
Scopes Monkey Trial
known as The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes, was an American legal case in which John T. Scopes was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which had made it unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school. -
Stock Market Crash "Black Tuesday"
the most devastating stock market crash in the history of the United States (acting as the most significant predicting indicator of the Great Depression)
